” … He repeatedly tried to persuade the State Department to grant visas to relatives of a Serbian tycoon with close ties to Slobodan Milosevic, the former Serbian president. … “ Jun. 11, 2008 Weldon ...
By Shane Harris National Journal April 29, 2008 In the old days, everyone was linked to a lug nut, and Jim Kallstrom liked it that way.It was 1985, a simpler time for a cop like ...
From the Omaha World-Herald, Nov 20, 1988: … Last summer, at the Republican convention in New Orleans, [Lawrence] King orchestrated a party for about 1,000 people under the auspices of the Council on Minority Americans, ...
By Alex Constantine So far, you’ve run only one name on the manifest. There were 48 other casualties on Flight 5191, and you’re curious to know how many with security clearances suffered violent death(s?) by ...
Cargill, ADM Lobbying to Drop Provision From Farm Bill, to Protect Their Forced Labor Practices www.commondreams.org April 7, 2008 Repost WASHINGTON, DC – Agricultural corporations Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland have started an aggressive lobbying ...
Congressional Democrats see the spy chief as an agent of the Bush administration. Relations are strained Intelligence Director McConnell is Cast as a Lobbyist By Greg Miller Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2008 WASHINGTON — ...
Aide Helped Controversial Russian Meet McCain Davis, Then a Lobbyist, Has Spurred Debate in Reform-Focused Campaign By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and John Solomon Washington Post, January 25, 2008; A01 A top political adviser in Sen. John ...
WLNS.COM January 16, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) – A former Michigan congressman has been indicted as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter. Mark Siljander ...
November 19, 2007 Industry special interests are burying information on cancer-causing chemicals and, according to watchdog groups, the government is helping them do it. Industry special interests are burying information on cancer-causing chemicals and, according ...
By Alex Constantine If there was a Most Offensive Right-Wing Propaganda Award, New Media Alliance would win it hands down. The NMA gave us “Haditha Massacre: Media and Terrorist Hoax?” (http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/zieve/070813), which ranks with Holocaust ...
The Eagle Flies Over Africa By Vijay Prashad Political Affairs Magazine Letter from America 7-30-07 In February 2007, George W. Bush announced the creation of a new unified combatant command for Africa. After several years ...
Guest Post: Following Stevens PAC Money Wash. Post, July 31, 2007 Ethics has been the topic du jour on Capitol Hill today, with the House passing its lobbying reform measure by a landslide 411-8 vote. ...
Prince Bandar & BAE: ” … In numerous published reports, the company has been accused of bribing Saudi Prince Bandar with the U.S. equivalent of over $2 billion in pursuit of a 1985 $81-billion deal ...
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) Led by Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, ACSH bills itself as: “… a consumer education organization concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health.” ...
By Alex Constantine The obvious question: Who’s insane – Hugo Chavez … or the reactionary jackals of the CIA? … The controlled press is reporting on a so-called psychological evaluation of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, ...
Associated Press 06.11.07 Defense contractor SAIC Inc. paid Egle Associates $480,000 in 2005 and 2006 to lobby the federal government on various issues, according to nine federal disclosure forms. The firm had lobbied for contracts ...
H.L. Hunt residence near Dallas H. L. HUNT http://enpsychlopedia.org/psypsych/H.L._HUNT Haroldson Lafayette HUNT, Jr., born on February 17, 1889, near Ramsey, in Carson Township, Fayette County, Illinois, United States – died November 29, 1974 in Dallas, ...
Ken Mehlman, current chairman of the Republican National Committee, was Abramoff’s point-man at the Bush White House Displease a Lobbyist, Get Fired – E-mails show Jack Abramoff’s ability to influence White House staffing decisions through ...
